“CBI is investigating and we should trust it,” BJP’s Sukanta Majumdar over Kolkata doctor rape-murder

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], August 17 (ANI): West Bengal BJP President and Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), is investigating the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and the probe agency should be trusted to conduct a thorough probe.

“The CBI is investigating and we should trust it. The CBI will perform the investigation properly but the condition is that the evidence at the crime scene is not tampered with… The CBI did not have the proof in their hands because it was there where the crime scene was. In murder and rape cases, there are biological remains, and the longevity of the evidence decreases,” Majumdar said.

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata is a nationwide issue.

“Because of the incident that happened in West Bengal, the safety of the medical staff is a matter of concern. It is not just about the medical fraternity of the doctors and nurses. This is a nationwide issue. It is a security and a societal issue. It is a matter of concern for everyone… The general public is also agitated,” Rijiju said.

Meanwhile, doctors are continuing their protests across the country against the rape and murder of a second-year trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College..

Resident doctors at Rajkot Civil Hospital held a protest against the incident at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Residents and doctors also held a protest in Ahmedabad at the Indian Medical Association (IMA) against the rape-murder incident in Kolkata.

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has declared a 24-hour withdrawal of services by all the modern medicine doctors of the country irrespective of the sector and place of work in response to nationwide outrage over the rape and murder of a second-year trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College.

While emergencies and casualties will function, the IMA saidthat no OPDs or elective surgeries. will be performed during 6 am on Saturday till 6 am on Sunday, August 18, 2024.

Resident Doctors’ Association UCMS (University College of Medical Sciences) and GTBH (Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital) in Delhi will continue their strike today. They will have a General body meeting at 9.30 am. As part of the strike, OPD (Outpatient Department), elective services, laboratory and lab services will be shut down.

Resident Doctors Associations of Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital and Madras Medical College also organised a boycott protest in Chennai against the incident of rape and murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata.

A protesting resident doctor in Chennai said that emergency services will continue during the strike.

“In accordance with the IMA notification, we are going for a boycott of all our elective services. Emergency services will continue. All we are asking for is justice for the victim and her family. We are with them… It has been a week but no serious investigation has been done in the case. Some scapegoats have been arrested, but the original culprits are still out there,” he said.

On August 9, a postgraduate trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered on duty at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, which led to nationwide strikes and protests by the medical fraternity.

The incident triggered massive protests. On Wednesday, the protest ground and the hospital campus at RG Kar were vandalised by a mob, forcing the security personnel to disperse the crowd.